Regrets on my late post...
I never thought I'd be one to get "behind" on posting things online, but there seems to be not even a spare moment to eat these days....much less post. But for me, writing is therapeutic and I need a little therapy right now, so here goes:
Katie is rejecting her Daddy unless he's acting like a monkey at the moment, but she's slowly but surely warming back up to him. I think it was because:
1) She's been sick with something.....not sure what...waiting on labs and tests to come back and we have a follow-up at the Air Force base peds clinic tomorrow afternoon.
2) I am on the only person she REALLY remembers since I spent three weeks with her alone in Russia.
3) We took her away from everyone and everything she has ever known for her whole life....the smells, the foods, the people and even the language.
So, with that said...I am trying to back off and let Daddy be daddy so I can be a sane, calm mother. She feels my stress and it's been one stressful week with getting home, dealing with her tummy aches and her being sick...then she passed it on to me or I passed it to her....I'm not sure which at this point. But this is definitely yucky Bronchitis. She is only two and it stinks because she can't tell me, "Mommy, my tummy hurts or my ears hurt...or whatever!" It's like ONE BIG guessing game. You might THINK you are doing the right things, but are you? Maybe not....or maybe so. I believe our children teach us more than we ever thought we could learn. That baby is a "little person," with her own feelings, sorrows, aches and pains just like you and I.
Anyway, we are all making it and thankful to be home! Here are a few photos, I thought you might like to see:
Katie is rejecting her Daddy unless he's acting like a monkey at the moment, but she's slowly but surely warming back up to him. I think it was because:
2) I am on the only person she REALLY remembers since I spent three weeks with her alone in Russia.
3) We took her away from everyone and everything she has ever known for her whole life....the smells, the foods, the people and even the language.
So, with that said...I am trying to back off and let Daddy be daddy so I can be a sane, calm mother. She feels my stress and it's been one stressful week with getting home, dealing with her tummy aches and her being sick...then she passed it on to me or I passed it to her....I'm not sure which at this point. But this is definitely yucky Bronchitis. She is only two and it stinks because she can't tell me, "Mommy, my tummy hurts or my ears hurt...or whatever!" It's like ONE BIG guessing game. You might THINK you are doing the right things, but are you? Maybe not....or maybe so. I believe our children teach us more than we ever thought we could learn. That baby is a "little person," with her own feelings, sorrows, aches and pains just like you and I.
Anyway, we are all making it and thankful to be home! Here are a few photos, I thought you might like to see:
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| Mommy & Katie Allison Chen--HOME at last!!! |
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| Katie loves her Daddy.....he's her favorite play mate!! |
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| This is the cutest picture so far from her Russian Passport!!! |
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| One of Katie's three Grandmothers (My Mom, pictured here) |
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| She was getting too cold here! But reunited as a family!!! |
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